The news spread like wildfire, reaching the entire village in less than half a day.
Under the big elm tree at the entrance of the village, several women were sitting in a circle eating sunflower seeds.
"Have you heard? The eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family is going to make corduroy clothes for the whole family!"
Although Wang Ailing was scolded by Liu Juan and didn't dare to talk back at the time, she went to the east entrance of the village in the afternoon and brought out some big news.
"What? The whole family does it?"
Chen Lixia was so shocked she dropped her sunflower seeds. "How much would that cost?"
"That's right," Wang Ailing clicked her tongue.
"A family of ten, each person would need at least twenty or thirty yuan for a set of clothes. That's two or three hundred yuan!"
"Oh my, that eldest daughter-in-law of the Li family really knows how to squander money."
Li Shulan and Li Jianguo are from the same clan, but she lives on the east side, so Li Zhonghao has to call her "Grandma".
"She bought a stove for 150 yuan one minute, and the next minute she wants to make new clothes for the whole family. She's going to squander all her family's money!"
"Exactly, exactly," Chen Lixia chimed in, "Is her family a bank? They can spend money like that."
"Hmph, I think Ye Xiaoxiao is just young and immature, she doesn't know how to manage a household. Just wait, after the New Year, she'll probably be crying her eyes out. Who has the money to do something so reckless?"
"That's right, all I see is her spending money every day. Everyone's yard is like that, but she's making it look like a city person's. She even spent money to buy bricks to pave the yard. She's really something."
When Ma Yanling saw that everyone was talking about their new neighbor, she also joined in the discussion.
...
Ma Yanling joined in the gossip. After finishing her gossip, she went home and immediately went to find Ye Xiaoxiao.
"Sister-in-law, you don't know how much people outside like to gossip about you these days."
Ma Yanling figured no one would say these things to Ye Xiaoxiao, so she decided to play the good guy.
"What did she say to me?" Ye Xiaoxiao was cooking in the kitchen. There was also a plate of beef on the table.
"I told you you love spending money..."
While talking to Ye Xiaoxiao about what the people outside were saying, Ma Yanling kept glancing at the plate of beef on the table.
He started cursing inwardly again, thinking how could Ye Xiaoxiao be so clueless about social etiquette.
She's right here, eating meat without even offering it to others. Her mouth was watering.
"Really? You said so much, but you didn't help me fight back?"
Ye Xiaoxiao didn't want to pay any attention to this person. If those people were really talking about her, Ma Yanling probably had just as much to say.
"Uh... well, I did offer a few words of advice, but those people are all elders, so I didn't really know what to say?"
Ma Yanling was just about to ask if they were having meat at home today, so she could remind Ye Xiaoxiao and also let herself have some, even if she wasn't allowed to eat any.
"Oh dear, your older brother's back! We're about to have dinner. Would you like to..."
Ever since Ye Xiaoxiao learned about Ma Yanling's words outside, she had lost all interest in getting along with her and thought it best to offend her directly.
"Oh, it's time for your family to eat too. I'll go back and cook. You guys eat quickly."
As soon as Ma Yanling turned around, she saw that her daughter had also come over.
He cursed inwardly, "That brat! Why didn't she come earlier? She's going home now."
It wouldn't be good to let the child come and ask for meat at this time, so they picked the child up and left.
Looking at her like that, Ye Xiaoxiao guessed that she would go out and say that she was stingy, not even giving her a piece of meat.
"Why did the neighbor next door look so upset when she just left? Did you yell at her?"
Li Chenyang went to town with his father today to see what dried vegetables they could buy at the town market, hoping to find some cheap ones to store for the New Year's banquet.
“I also bought a pound of black fungus for our family. This stuff is expensive, 80 cents a pound. A little bit is enough to make a bowl.”
Li Chenyang definitely wouldn't have bought this in the past, but it seems he's been influenced by his wife, who spends money extravagantly, making him feel like a dollar or so isn't much money at all.
"Let me see, it looks pretty good."
Next time you go out with Dad, if you see anything nice, buy some other things too. After all, your master, Auntie, and I will be coming over for the New Year.
We should at least prepare to set up two tables for the meal.
Older relatives would definitely eat at the in-laws' house, and Ye Xiaoxiao only had her aunt's family as relatives.
Li Chenyang's only relatives are his master's family. As for his younger sister, Li Yanhong, who knows if she'll come for the New Year?
And even if she comes, she won't provide her with meals; she wouldn't even buy anything for her own parents.
Let alone her unpopular sister-in-law.
However, Ye Xiaoxiao has been thinking about setting up the convenience store these past two days.
The main thing is that she really spends a lot of money. She herself doesn't think it's a big deal, but the villagers are all discerning.
Simply saying it was sent by his older brother probably won't shut these people up. Wait until after the New Year...
By then, I should be able to open my own small shop.
Whether or not it makes money, at least it provides an excuse.
"That Ma Yanling is no good. I was thinking that we were neighbors and I should get along with her. Who would have thought that when you went to haul away those broken bricks last time, you would never have guessed what she was thinking?"
Ye Xiaoxiao closed the door and began tidying up the table; the two were about to start eating.
"Huh, I'm just buying a broken brick, what could she possibly think?" Li Chenyang couldn't figure it out either.
“I told her you gave Leijia Village ten yuan, and they told her to take whatever she wanted. She thought that since you had given her money, she wanted to use your name to get her family to take a couple of loads too. Can you believe it? There’s no such thing as a person like that. They were just being polite, and she took it seriously.”
Ye Xiaoxiao found it quite laughable.
"There's nothing we can do about this kind of person. I've heard about her past, and from what you've said, it all seems to be true. She's been married for several years, and she's still asking her in-laws to give her a dowry. I can't believe it."
"Just now, before you came back, I had this plate of beef on the table, and she kept staring at it. I wouldn't let her have it. She went out and told people I was stingy for not letting her go to her house. Pah! What a jerk!" Ye Xiaoxiao took a bite of the beef, and it tasted delicious.
"Where did this beef come from? It must be very expensive!"
Li Chenyang quickly popped some into his mouth. Being able to eat pork was fine, but beef was much harder to come by.
After taking a couple of bites, Li Chenyang thought of his parents and younger brother.
"Why don't we keep some and send some to the old house?"
"Hey, you're lucky you even have anything to eat. I've already made clothes for each of them. Don't be ungrateful!"
Ye Xiaoxiao was unwilling; making clothes for them was a system requirement, and she had even received a reward for it.
But this kind of food is unacceptable, absolutely unacceptable. She herself doesn't even have the luxury of eating meat every day.
Li Chenyang chickened out when his wife glared at him. Since she wouldn't let him have it anyway, he figured he'd just enjoy it himself.
Seeing that Li Chenyang didn't dare to say anything more, Ye Xiaoxiao was in a good mood. In the original book, there were three children in the family, and every time the original owner earned some money...
When you buy some meat or something for the kids, this girl will jump out and ask you to send a bowl to the old house.
Instead of earning his own share of the money, he uses the original owner's hard-earned money to fulfill his filial duties.
The original owner was unwilling, so the two of them argued, and if the argument got really bad, the other person would even get hit.
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